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@azett@mastodon.online for what it's worth, i showed these pictures to some people i know who are very knowledgeable about wwii uniforms. they're pretty confident this is an american uniform. hard to say which branch. they did also point out that a lot of the allies manufactured each other's uniforms which means there's some stylistic drift among nations, so don't treat their conclusion as the final word. you could try plugging some different possible last names into that AAD database, or see if any of the free-to-access databases listed here have something helpful: https://www.militaryindexes.com/worldwartwo/ since you don't have any more info at the moment, it wouldn't be worth contacting the national archives/national personnel records center. i used to work there and we couldn't fill requests that didn't have even an approximate date of birth or other information. but i hope you can find some more clues with everyone who's trying to help you! another edit: is it possible he was canadian and the germans were a little confused with their language? since canada and the usa are both in north america :p